Plum Pine

Podocarpus elatus, the plum pine, the brown pine, the Illawarra plum or the Queensland Christmas tree, is a species of conifer in the family Podocarpaceae, endemic to the east coast of Australia, in eastern New South Wales and eastern Queensland.

It is a medium to large tree growing to 30–36 m tall with a trunk up to 1.5 m diameter. The leaves are lanceolate, 5–15 cm long (to 25 cm long on vigorous young trees) and 6–18 mm broad. The seed cones are dark blue-purple, berry-like, with a fleshy base 2-2.5 cm diameter bearing a single oval or globose seed 1 cm in diameter.